AI-Based Prediction of Powder Properties from Excipient Particle Images

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Convolutional neural networks combined with optical microscopy can accurately and non-destructively estimate the component ratios of pharmaceutical powder mixtures. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Hiroaki IWATA

doi:10.14356/hptf.23102

May 26, 2026Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation ANNUAL REPORTOpen Access

AI-Based Prediction of Powder Properties from Excipient Particle Images

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This research aims to estimate component ratios in pharmaceutical powder mixtures using AI techniques based on optical images.
Developed CNN models (VGG16 and Xception) for predicting ratios in two-component and three-component mixtures.
Utilized regression tasks for model training with optical microscopy images.
Employed UMAP for visualizing intermediate features and clustering structures.
Xception model achieved R2 = 0.821 for two-component and R2 = 0.935 for three-component mixtures.
Predictions demonstrated high precision with minimal error rates.
UMAP visualization revealed clear clustering structures corresponding to mixture ratios.

Implication

Demonstrates accurate property prediction in pharmaceutical blends, indicating significant implications for quality control.

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Hiroaki IWATA (2026) studied this question.

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